Sunday, January 26, 2014

BLOG SHOTS #53


Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post a few never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS.  Here are the photos for this posting.  With all the snow and cold these last weeks, and even more cold tomorrow (-23.3 C for the high not counting the wind chill for the day), we can all use reminders of Spring, Summer, and Autumn in the gardens here on the shore.

moments in the garden - - enjoy


 False Sunflower

 Locus Tree
June Flowers

 "Friend"
watching from in the garden

Lady's Mantle
morning dew

 White Coneflower

 Daffodil - double


 Siberian Iris
Asian Patio Garden

 Purple Coneflower
morning dew

 Monarda

April Sunset
Looking East over Lake Michigan

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.


NOTE:   All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East
unless otherwise marked.
NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Review of the "Popular"



It is time to look back at 2013 and assess which Blog postings were the most viewed.  In this posting, Gardens at Waters East will list the five (5) most visited postings from the past year and in addition, others from the archives from years past that keep attracting visitors year after year.


Middle Walk
Lake Michigan in the background

The five most visited postings this past year of 2013 are:

1.  12/23/13    A Quote – John Muir
2.  12/14/13    Cana Island
(also all the other posts in the series titled “Watershed”)
3.  1/13    Parts 1 – 4 of the series:  Colors in the Dead of Winter
4.  All of the postings titled - - Want a Quickie ? Today
5.  The series titled - - Blog Shots
It seems the last two listed above are really popular with readers of this Blog.  They are short and to the point with photos that people love.  Many many people are checking them out.


Middle Walk

Reviewing the archives from the beginnings of this Blog, it was interesting to see which postings are constantly being viewed long after they were first posted.  It seems people liked the following and are recommending them to others.  If you have not seen them yourself, you might like them too.

1/1/12    Succulents
11/11/11    Garden Erotica
5/2/11    Golden Principle of Design
3/1/11    Monarch Butterfly Feeding Station
2/1/11    Gazing Balls



 Honey Bee

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

January Sunrise
over Lake Michigan

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden
please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:



Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Want a "Quickie"? Today


“Quickies”

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
These twelve photos were taken in a walk around the gardens this morning in the Gardens at Waters East. - - 1.15.14   Notice all the wonderful patterns formed by the snow on plants, sculptures, and stone.  - - -   A feast for the eyes in design.
Enjoy


 Barberry - Golden Nugget

 Sunrise
over the gardens & Lake Michigan

 Golden Hops vines
Humulus Lupulus "Aureus"

 Lily Sculpture
buried in the snow

 South Ravine and Lake Michigan

 Clay Pot

 Sculpture and Formal Garden

 Buddha
Asian Patio Garden

 Driftwood Fence

 Pinus Sylvestris


 Fountain Head


view
leaving the Gardens at Waters East

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden
please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:



Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.



Wednesday, January 8, 2014

BLOG SHOTS #52


Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post a few never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS.  In these very cold days of winter (three days this week the low has been -31.4C ) we can all use a few flowers to bring warmth to our day.  Here are the photos for this posting.

moments in the garden - - enjoy


 Coneflowers at sunrise

 Daisy

 deer in the East Field

 Dianthus

 Fennel blooming

 Iris

 Weeping Willow
Clouds and Lake Michigan

 Love Over the Fence

 Marguerite Daisy
18th Century ship ribs


 Rose

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.


NOTE:   All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East
unless otherwise marked.
NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden
please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:




Thursday, January 2, 2014

Green & Gold - "Packer Country"


For a number of reasons, not the least of which is that the Gardens at Waters East are located in “Green and Gold” - - - Green Bay Packers county, this posting will celebrate that football team and two dozen photos of the green and gold colors from the gardens here on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Enjoy


 Cup Plant - native

 Daffodil


Maximilian - native sunflower

 Hosta - shades of green

 Marguerite Daisy

False Sunflower

 Dandelion

 Green Visitor - frog

 Tardia - species tulip

 Cushion Spurge

 Inula

 Tulip - Apeldoorn

Lovage

 Love Over the Fence

Lysimachia

 Missouri Primerose

 Rudbeckia & Artemisia

 Euonymus - yellow mutated leaf

 Siberian Iris - Butter & Cream

Approaching Storm
Lake Michigan
False Sunflower

Potentilla

Forsythia

Yellow Native
StoneWater Beach
private beach of Gardens at Waters East

Golden Sunrise
May
Gardens at Waters East

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;
no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.
What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden
please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:



Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.